Notes for agency partners
What we have learned subcontracting for agencies
Notes on scoping, handoff, margins and the parts of white-label work nobody writes about. Written for the people who run the studio, not for their clients.
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November 8, 2024
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Fixed-price subcontracting fails in the same three places every time. None of them are technical.
August 12, 2026
Content modelling decisions made during the build determine how many support emails arrive after launch.
July 24, 2026
Your true cost is not the invoice. It is the invoice plus the hours your team spends translating.
July 9, 2026
Twelve things we check in a design file that change the estimate, most of which designers never think to specify.
June 26, 2026
The difference is entirely in how the previous day ended.
June 11, 2026
Retrofitting structure onto a finished site costs more than doing it during development.
May 28, 2026
Fixed-price subcontracting fails in the same three places every time. None of them are technical.
August 12, 2026
Twelve things we check in a design file that change the estimate, most of which designers never think to specify.
June 26, 2026
Content modelling decisions made during the build determine how many support emails arrive after launch.
July 24, 2026
We stopped writing thirty-page manuals. What replaced them travels better and gets forwarded unchanged.
May 14, 2026
Your true cost is not the invoice. It is the invoice plus the hours your team spends translating.
July 9, 2026
Retrofitting structure onto a finished site costs more than doing it during development.
May 28, 2026